Mario: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced MAHR-ee-oh · 3 syllables

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Mario, both of which coming from Latin Marius.

How popular is Mario?

Mario was the #438 name in the US in 2025, given to 721 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 42% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1980.

Babies named Mario in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1980).

Half of US adults named Mario are older than 41; most are between 20 and 72. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Mario have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Mario is pronounced MAHR-ee-oh.

Mario was the #438 name in the US in 2025, given to 721 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 42% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1980.

Half of US adults named Mario are older than 41. Most are between 20 and 72.